Asian Scholarships

Scholarships open to Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Asian Pacific Fund ScholarshipsSponsor: Asian Pacific FundAmount: Up to $20,000Closing Date: February 26, 2019Description: Scholarships are open to students in California who are of Asian descent. Multiple scholarships available with specific requirements. See website for details. In addition to general scholarships, there are scholarships specifically open to Computer Science, Economics, Environmental or Physical Science, Engineering, Journalism or Mathematics majors, and LGBT students.

LAGRANT Foundation Undergraduate ScholarshipsSponsor: LAGRANT FoundationAmount: $2,500Closing Date: February 28, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and AB-540/DACA recipients who are a member of one of the following ethnic groups: African-American/Black, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, or Native American/Alaska Native. Applicant must be a full-time student at a four-year accredited institution in the U.S. with at least a 3.0 GPA and majoring in a field of study that has an emphasis on advertising, marketing or public relations.

LPGA ScholarshipsSponsor: LPGA FoundationAmount: VariesClosing Date: February 28, 2019Description: Scholarships are open to female graduating high school seniors who played golf in high school. There are scholarships for students who are planning on playing collegiate golf and for students not planning on playing collegiate golf. In addition to general scholarships, there are scholarships open to minority female students.

Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority StudentsSponsor: Midwest Archives ConferenceAmount: $750Closing Date: March 1, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to students of African-American, Native American, Asian or Pacific Islander, or Latino descent who are currently enrolled in a graduate, multi-course program in archival administration or accepted into such a program for the next academic year.

JACL National Scholarship ProgramSponsor: Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)Amount: VariesClosing Date: March 1, 2019Description: Scholarships are open to incoming and current college students who are active National JACL members at either an Individual or Student/Youth Level.

Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship ProgramSponsor: Illinois Student Assistance CommissionAmount: Up to $5,000Closing Date: March 1, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to residents of Illinois who are minority students of either African-American/Black, Hispanic American, Asian American or Native Origin. Applicant must be a current undergraduate or graduate student at an Illinois institution of higher education in a course of study which, upon completion, qualifies them to be certified as a preschool, elementary, or secondary school teacher.

Native Hawaiian Health ScholarshipSponsor: HRSA Health WorkforceAmount: VariesClosing Date: March 1, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to students of Native Hawaiian Ancestry who will be enrolled as a full-time student in a fully accredited health professions program.

Scholarship for Minority Accounting StudentsSponsor: American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)Amount: Up to $5,000Closing Date: March 1, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to full-time minority students pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting or an accounting-related major. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

ANTSHE ScholarshipSponsor: Association for Nontraditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE)Amount: VariesClosing Date: March 4, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to students who are at least 23 years of age and meet at least one of the following criteria: financially independent, is a parent, is a single parent, a veteran from the military, enrolled in a public two-year college, minority student, low-income, or employed part-time or full-time.

Growing Up Asian in America ContestSponsor: Asian Americans for Community InvolvementAmount: $500Closing Date: March 15, 2019Description: Award is open to Bay Area (California) students from Kindergarten through 12 grades who are from backgrounds including Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and other Asian, Pacific Islander or multiracial ethnicities. Applicant must submit artwork, essay or video on the theme, “My Contribution to America.”

Leonard M. Perryman ScholarshipSponsor: United Methodist CommunicationsAmount: $2,500Closing Date: March 15, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to racial ethnic minorities students who are United Methodist undergraduate students intending to pursue a career in religion journalism or mass communications.

Generation Google Scholarship for High School SeniorsSponsor: GoogleAmount: $10,000Closing Date: March 18, 2019Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who plan to pursue a computer science or computer engineering degree, or a degree in a closely related technical field. Applicant must be a student from an underrepresented group in computer science (African-American, Hispanic, American Indian, Filipino/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander).